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ALSO KNOWN AS		Rapan
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Polynesian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ray
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Information from: “Mary Walworth Personal Communication” .

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
less than 50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 300 people speak the Mixed Tahitian-Rapa language known as "Reo Rapa".

DATE OF INFO: 2014

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Only about 10-15% of the ethnic population speak Rapa. About 75% of the ethnic population speak the Tahitian-Rapa mixed language "Reo Rapa".

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

No institutional support

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Reo Rapa
Tahitian
French

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The Old Rapa language is not used regularly in any domain, though in certain cultural activities, more of it is used. Reo Rapa is used at home and in the church. This along side Tahitian and French, which dominate in all other domains (gov't, school)

PLACES: French Polynesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The island of Rapa Iti, southern Austral Islands

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
520
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
520 (1998 K. Rutter)

DATE OF INFO: 1998

PLACES: French Polynesia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
521
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger		UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	400		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							-27.8973,-143.5034
		Mary Walworth Personal Communication								less than 50	2014	10-99	About 300 people speak the Mixed Tahitian-Rapa language known as "Reo Rapa".	Reo Rapa, Tahitian, French	No government support	The Old Rapa language is not used regularly in any domain, though in certain cultural activities, more of it is used. Reo Rapa is used at home and in the church. This along side Tahitian and French, which dominate in all other domains (gov't, school)	No institutional support	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	Only about 10-15% of the ethnic population speak Rapa. About 75% of the ethnic population speak the Tahitian-Rapa mixed language "Reo Rapa".	15	15	French Polynesia	The island of Rapa Iti, southern Austral Islands	-27.608, -144.3407
		World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		521		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	520	1998	100-999	520 (1998 K. Rutter)					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					French Polynesia;

Rapa

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

less than 50

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

521

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Rapa

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

less than 50

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

521

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